Cul de Sac are a
rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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group formed in 1990 in
Boston, Massachusetts and led by
guitar
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ist
Glenn Jones
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. Their music is primarily
instrumental
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. Jones and keyboardist Robin Amos have been the only constant members.
They have been classified by some as
post rock Post Rock may refer to:
* Post-rock
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, but Jones has expressed some discomfort with the term. He states that Cul de Sac is the most "musically satisfying" group he's been involved with; a group that is the "closest to being the band I'd dreamed of forming. It allows me to combine my love of
open-tuned guitar, played
fingerstyle
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, with my love for electronics and
noise
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, all placed within a rhythmic rock framework." Jones occasionally plays "The Contraption," a
prepared lap steel guitar.
Cul de Sac have collaborated with guitarist
John Fahey and with
Can singer
Damo Suzuki
, better known as Damo Suzuki (ダモ鈴木), is a Japanese musician who has been living in Germany since the early 1970s and is best known as the former lead singer of the krautrock group Can.
Biography
As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 196 ...
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Discography
*'' ECIM'' (1991)
*'' I Don't Want to Go to Bed'' (1995)
*'' China Gate'' (1996)
*'' The Epiphany of Glenn Jones'' (1997) - with John Fahey
*'' Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall'' (1999)
*'' Immortality Lessons'' (2002) - live
*''Death of the Sun
''Death of the Sun'' is the fifth album by Cul de Sac (band), Cul de Sac, released on February 18, 2003 through Strange Attractors Audio House.
Track listing
Personnel
*Robin Amos – synthesizers, Sampler (musical instrument), sampler ...
'' (2003)
*''The Strangler's Wife
''The Strangler's Wife'' is a soundtrack album by Cul de Sac, released on October 21, 2003 through Strange Attractors Audio House.
Track listing
Personnel
;Cul de Sac
* Robin Amos – Eml 101 synthesizer, keyboards
* Glenn Jones � ...
'' (2003)
*''Abhayamudra
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'' (2004) - live - with Damo Suzuki
, better known as Damo Suzuki (ダモ鈴木), is a Japanese musician who has been living in Germany since the early 1970s and is best known as the former lead singer of the krautrock group Can.
Biography
As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 196 ...
References
External links
*
a short biography
at Epitonic.com
American post-rock groups
Musical groups from Boston
Flying Nun Records artists
Thirsty Ear Recordings artists
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